The American Great Depression of the 1930’s was the greatest crisis of capitalism ever to occur in the world. Twenty five percent of the American workforce was unemployed. Small farmers were struggling to make ends meet, crops cost more to produce than they could be sold for. More than 9,000 banks had closed their doors and their depositors had lost more than 2.5 billion dollars.
Roosevelt
Relating Old and New (deal programs)
By AmandaJeanine - Posted on March 2nd, 2008
Was the Great Depression really only about 75 years ago? Then how come this short amount of time seems so long ago? Today's students might not even realize the lasting effects of this time period and what has emerged because of it.
A Little History of the Whole Progressive Movement
By RhapsodyGirl - Posted on June 4th, 2007
Tagged: movement
• politics
• progressivism
• Roosevelt
• social change
• the progressive ferment
• trustbusters
• woo
• Effective government
I wrote this reaction to the excerpt "The Progressive Ferment" from Imperial America by Gore Vidal for my history class. Maybe it can give you a little firmer background on the history of progressivism in our nation. Hope you like it:
